Martha Keene

Memorial services for Mrs. Martha Davis Keene, 87, of Cookeville, will be held at 2pm Monday, April 23 at St. Michael"�s Episcopal Church in Cookeville with Father Joe Weatherly officiating. Mrs. Keene chose cremation, and the inurnment will be in St. Michael"�s Episcopal Church Columbarium. The family will greet friends immediately following the service in the parish hall of the church. Mrs. Keene died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Bethesda Health Care Center in Cookeville following an extended illness. She was born June 23, 1924 in Athens, Alabama, the only child of the late Henry Grady and Lois Kennedy Davis. Mrs. Keene was a homemaker. She graduated from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, AL with a B.S. in Biology, and also received B. A. and M. A. degrees in Home Economics from George Peabody College in Nashville. She was the longest standing member of St. Michael"�s Episcopal Church, having become a member on November 1, 1952. She was a former member of the Cookeville Book Lovers Club, P.E.O Chapter L, Town and Gown Club, and several bridge clubs. She loved to read, knit and play bridge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, The Reverend Dr. Charles J. Keene, JR, who she married in Athens, Alabama on June 12, 1946. She is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Martha Lois Keene of Hermitage, TN, and Grady Keene and husband Tom Chervenak of Cookeville; five grandchildren, Silas Black, Katie Hilton (Neal), Beth Haile (Colen Locke), Ashley Johnson (Thomas) and Breanne Fletcher; three great-grandchildren, Madelyn Black, McKynna Locke and Rebecca Johnson. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Michael"�s Episcopal Church, 640 North Washington Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501, or to a charity of your choice.